S 1075
112th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Consumer credit
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial review and appeals
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism
A bill to provide judicial review of National Security Letters.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 25, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 25, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Prohibits an officer or employee of the United States from issuing a national security letter under specified provisions of the federal criminal code, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, or the National Security Act of 1947 unless: (1) the letter is submitted to a designated judge of the court established under specified provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and (2) such judge issues an order finding that a warrant could be issued under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to search for and seize the information sought to be obtained in such a letter.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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